King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of  King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.

 

The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), Grade Point Average and Power.  REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

 

As of 2025, our Faculty is number 1 in the world for Nursing (QS world rankings). King’s produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal), and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery. King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe.

 

The  Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the  Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation, the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams.

 

Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes.

 

We are committed to staff development and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Midwifery teaching team at King’s College London teaching students on our innovative pre-registration BSc (Hons), MSc and CPD programmes and modules. The Department of Midwifery comprises staff who are actively engaged in education, research, and service development across a range of areas relevant to the field. We have a diverse team of clinical teachers, teaching fellows, lecturers, senior lecturers, and an internationally renowned professor

Committed to teamwork with excellent communication skills you will be passionate about midwifery and education, demonstrating an ability to inspire the next generation of midwives.

 

Academic citizenship through academic related activities that underpin excellence in education will be an expectation of the role as well as the promotion of education research conducted within the Department and Faculty.

 

Educated to Master’s level, you will need to be a registered midwife on the appropriate part of the NMC professional register with significant experience within midwifery, including the teaching of pre-registration students. Appointment to the higher grade will be dependent on significant experience in curriculum design and delivery, as well as doctorate or demonstrable equivalence in professional experience and status.

 

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 30/08/2028.

 

Location: Hybrid – minimum of 2 days primarily on waterloo or Guys campus dependent on teaching commitments.